The State of Nebraska sees 10.3 million acres of corn planted yearly, and almost 98 percent of the state is farmland. This equates to 45.6 million acres of land that primarily grows corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, dry edible beans, wheat, alfalfa, hay, potatoes, sugar beets, and more. There’s a huge demand for water, which is very closely monitored and often disputed due to drought. Like many other farming areas around the world, Nebraska is faced with numerous challenges as farmers cope with changes in climate, intensification of floods and droughts, depletion of resources, and rising water and energy costs. Over the next 40 years, the world population is expected to grow beyond 9 billion people, which makes innovation and the ability to evolve farming practices paramount. In an

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